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Ontario launches Grade 11 program to work toward skilled trade apprenticeship

By:Building .caPosted: Mar 9th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

PICKERING, Ont. – Ontario will allow students in Grade 11 to begin working toward their apprenticeships in skilled trades. Education Minister Stephen Lecce says it’s a deal that lets high school students earn credits toward[...]

Industry groups urge government to prioritize purpose-built rentals to tackle housing deficit

By:Building .caPosted: Feb 14th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

A new report by the Building Industry and land Development Association (BILD) and the Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario (FRPO) has warned of a concerning shortage of rental housing in the Greater Toronto Area[...]

Hazel McCallion, former longtime mayor of Mississauga, Ont., dies at 101

By:Building .caPosted: Jan 31st, 2023In: ConstructionNews

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Hazel McCallion, who developed a legacy of feisty advocacy during more than three decades as mayor of one of Canada’s fastest-growing cities, died Sunday morning after a brief bout with pancreatic cancer. She was[...]

Greenbelt is Ontario’s jurisdiction, Ford says after federal minister raises concerns

By:Building .caPosted: Jan 29th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

Steven Guilbeault at the 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (photo: UN Biodiversity via Wikimedia Commons) BRAMPTON, Ont. – The Greenbelt is provincial jurisdiction, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday after the federal environment minister indicated he’d consider[...]

Has Ontario’s housing ‘plan’ been built on a foundation of evidentiary sand?

By:Building .caPosted: Jan 28th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

Ontario Premier Doug Ford talks to the media on a construction site in Brampton, Ont., in May 2022. Later in the year, the Ford government justified its adoption of sweeping housing legislation and the opening[...]

Residential construction industry raises funds for housing projects for homeless

By:Building .caPosted: Jan 20th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

The residential construction industry raised more than $1.4 million for construction of two projects in Toronto that provide housing to those who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness. The funds were used[...]

Toronto city council approves plan to allow for greater density in residential areas

By:Building .caPosted: Dec 21st, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Toronto city council has approved a sweeping housing plan that will significantly transform zoning bylaws in an effort to address the affordability crisis. A majority of councillors — 23 out of 26 — voted in[...]

Toronto’s housing plan could take years to improve affordability for renters: experts

By:Building .caPosted: Dec 20th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Toronto’s recently approved housing plan is a good step forward but it could take years before the increase in supply makes renting more affordable in the city, urban planners and experts say. Toronto city council[...]

Mortgage stress tests unchanged despite housing market slowdown

By:Building .caPosted: Dec 19th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Mortgage stress test levels were left unchanged Thursday as the federal banking regulator and Department of Finance favoured a cautious approach over calls to relax tests to help a slowing housing market. The Office of the Superintendent[...]

Ford to Crombie, mayors criticizing housing law: ‘Get on board’ and ‘stop whining’

By:Building .caPosted: Dec 9th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

The mayor of Mississauga and other municipal leaders who have voiced opposition to a new provincial housing law need to “get on board” and “stop whining,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday in an unprompted[...]